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To: nonsporting

Paul said a lot of things ~ and you and I both know that what might seem to be a contradiction to mere men is actually an astute insight revealed by God ~ just that we are too weak to understand as yet.


27 posted on 05/22/2013 4:49:00 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
Paul said a lot of things ~ and you and I both know that what might seem to be a contradiction to mere men is actually an astute insight revealed by God ~ just that we are too weak to understand as yet.

Normally one provides concrete examples of his contention. You have not (apart from the Romans 16 twist). I have provided scriptures which are germane and show what the Bible unambiguously teaches about women speaking in the congregation.

Contradiction is not the source of insight. It is confusion. And God endeavors to be clear--he is not the author of confusion.

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. [Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.] (1 Corinthians 14:32,33)
It is not coincidental that these verses are grouped together: confusion and women not keeping silent.

The Bible tells us that we, who have the Holy Spirit, need no man to teach us (usually heresy, some twisting of scripture by those who refuse to accept it on its face).

26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. (1 John 2:26,27)
Paul says we can know the truth "and is no lie." Two diametrically opposite things cannot both be true. Here's the truth: Women are not to speak in the congregation/church. They are to remain silent. Nor are they to usurp authority over the man. Some try to twist the context because they don't accept it. They reject the word of God.
28 posted on 05/22/2013 9:11:09 PM PDT by nonsporting
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